Locating Magento sidebar modules

This tutorial will show you where you can find the sidebar modules code.

Open app\design\frontend\default\your_theme\layout. This directory contains the XML files that determine the modules positions and order. Open any XML file and search for the tag . The reference tags determine modules position for various pages of your Magento store.

As you can see there are several references like: , , , footer_links"> etc.

Let’s see where you can find most used sidebar modules Magento modules.

Compare products

File: catalog.xml

Shop By/Browse By

File: catalog.xml

Product Viewed

File: catalog.xml

Related Products

File: catalog.xml

	
    	simplecheckout/cart_item_renderer
        groupedcheckout/cart_item_renderer_grouped
        configurablecheckout/cart_item_renderer_configurable
        	
            	Shopping Cart Sidebar Extra Actions
            
    

My Cart

File: checkout.xml

	
    	simplecheckout/cart_item_renderer
        groupedcheckout/cart_item_renderer_grouped
        configurablecheckout/cart_item_renderer_configurable
        
        	Shopping Cart Sidebar Extra Actions
        
    

Community Poll

File: poll.xml

    poll
    results

Popular Tags

File: tag.xml

PayPal logo

File: paypal.xml

Newsletter

File: newsletter.xml